Problem with worm holes

rale · #1 October 26th, 2001, 11:47 PM

Can I go into worm hole (without being damaged) and go into anoder unexplored galaxy?
What is Worm holes mening if you can't go in them?
Please help

Suicide Junkie · #2 October 27th, 2001, 12:26 AM

With a ship selected, use the "warp" command ("w" button, or the icon of a wormhole with an arrow going in)
then click the wormhole.

Travelling through will take you to another starsystem, or possibly a nebula/blackhole.

The entire map is usually referred to as the galaxy map, implying that there is only one galaxy in any one game.

PS: Your ship will only be damaged if the wormhole's description mentions something dangerous. No description = no danger.

[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 26 October 2001).]

rale · #3 October 27th, 2001, 12:44 AM

Thanks for your reply.
I have another question
Can I go with ship into black hole?
How can I improve relations whith nation which is hostile with me?

capnq · #4 October 27th, 2001, 02:11 AM

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Can I go with ship into black hole?

It is possible to move across the center of a black hole, but if your ship ends movement on the center it will take a large amount of damage, enough to destroy all but the most heavily armored ships.

quote:
How can I improve relations whith nation which is hostile with me?

Staying out of territory that they claim is the only thing that I know of which always works. Giving gifts helps sometimes, but not very often. Using a "pleading" message tone works with some races, and a "demanding" tone works with others.

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The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

Suicide Junkie · #5 October 27th, 2001, 02:24 AM

quote:
How can I improve relations whith nation which is hostile with me?

Things to do:
- Keep your ships from staying in their territory, especially their colonies.
- Avoid battles, and if you do fight, don't kill the crippled, retreating ships.
- Giving lots of small gifts helps, but murderous races will not accept them.
- Don't ever share maps, and avoid partnerships (military alliance is good though). When the AIs see your planets, they get envious and greedy.
- Watch out for friend-of-my-enemy syndrome. Nobody likes somebody who helps fund their enemy's army.

CW · #6 October 27th, 2001, 07:55 AM

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Originally posted by rale:
How can I improve relations whith nation which is hostile with me?

Wipe them out!

Taqwus · #7 October 27th, 2001, 08:19 PM

And be aware that some AIs will probably hate you regardless, while others may warm to you over time IF you don't irritate them (including, say, constantly sending them treaty requests). Read the race descriptions; the ones that tend to be xenophobes have this implied, IIRC (e.g., I don't recall any sweet-talking, described-as-friendly, but really murderous xenophobic teddy bear races).

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rale · #8 October 27th, 2001, 09:22 PM

The other thing that's interested me is protectorate. How it works?
When I try that with the other race they allways decline me.

Dracus · #9 October 27th, 2001, 10:07 PM

I never got that one to work either.

jpowell · #10 October 28th, 2001, 04:33 AM

The only time I got protectorate to work was when I had an AI player as a trading partner and I was dramatically superior to him in all aspects. The AI agreed to protectorate, then to subjugation. It appears to work only when the personality of the race is not aggressive and the alternative would be easy conquest. That seems realistic, but it limits its usefulness.